At least six people were killed in an early morning suicide attack in the Afghan capital, hours after a surprise visit to Afghanistan by President Barack Obama, government officials said.

A SUICIDE car bomber killed at least eight people in the Afghan capital yesterday and a Taliban rocket hit the presidential palace grounds as violence surged across the country ahead of tomorrow’s cliffhanger election.

A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a convoy of US-led coalition troops on the outskirts of Kabul today, leaving up to seven civilians and three soldiers wounded, Afghan officials said.

A British soldier died and four others were injured in a twin attack on British and German bases near the Afghan capital Kabul today. At least five other foreigners were wounded, police and peacekeepers said.